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July 22, 1782, Native Americans killed Captain Nathaniel Hart of the Transylvania Company between White Oak Station and Boonesborough.  Kentucky in Retrospect by1792-1967 by Lila… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Madison County native Willie Kavanaugh Hocker, born in 1862.  Willie taught school and designed the current Arkansas flag. On… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

July 20, 1789, Danville hosted the 8th Kentucky Convention for Statehood.  The founding fathers would meet two more times before statehood.  It took eight years… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY